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03 Nov 2011 23:19

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Tech: Ever wanted to rent a book on your Kindle? Well, now you can!

  • Kindle and Kindle Fire to have a lending library: The program, which launched today, allows readers to borrow one title at a time per month; when they rent a new title, the previous one will leave their device. Sounds like…not the best plan in the world. The library has over 5,000 titles for readers to choose from, so it’s a little limited. Also, the service is only available to users of Amazon’s Prime service, which costs $79 a year. Stock up! source
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20 Jun 2011 14:41

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Tech: Google’s back on the library-digitization tip — in a big way

  • 250,000 books going digital source
  • » These books predate you by centuries: Google is cooperating with the British Library in London to convert their 40 million pages worth of books from 1700-1870 into digital form. These ancient books are out of copyright, so Google won’t have the same issues they’ve had with earlier digitization efforts. This is all on Google’s dime, by the way: They’ve made similar deals with many other outlets — including Stanford and Harvard.
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09 Dec 2010 10:33

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Offbeat: Elderly woman returns library book a couple of years too late

  • 74 number of years late a recently-returned library book was
  • 95 the age of the woman who returned the book, Hazel Severson
  • 1936 the year Severson checked out 1930’s “Seaplane Solo”
  • $2,701 the amount owed in late fees; the library wouldn’t accept them source
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30 Jun 2009 01:41

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Tech: Are you a Web designer? These things will make your life easier.

  • interfaces Script.aculo.us, a popular Javascript library that expands the power of what Web interfaces can do, is getting an upgrade, one focusing on improving speed. How powerful is it? Check out this impressive demo, created with nothing but HTML and Javascript.
  • screenshots Aviary, a robust web-based photo-editing suite that competes with Photoshop (and has the benefit of being free), has a neat new feature. If you want to grab a screenshot of a Web site, put http://aviary.com/ in front of the URL. It’s very easy. Try it on our site.
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06 Feb 2009 08:43

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Tech: Google opens up a huge library at your smudgy fingertips

  • Watch out, Kindle. Google, as you might have heard, is on a roll this week. (Way to make up for that whole malware thing, guys.) Anyway, the company has made their Google Book Search available for mobile phones such as the iPhone and G1, which, with its 1.5 million book library, should give you something to do on the Metro. source
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18 Jan 2009 09:34

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U.S.: George W. Bush’s redemption: A library and think-tank?

  • I think he is stung by the reaction to him. Nobody else is going to make the case for him right now, so he wants to make it.
  • Bruce Buchanan • professor of government at University of Texas at Austin, on George W. Bush’s plans to build a presidential library, museum and think-tank for himself on the campus of Southern Methodist University. The plan has seen skepticism from academics, as well as SMU students and faculty, who say that Bush is attempting to use the center to rewrite his legacy. • source
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